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BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "aletheiak"
<aletheiak@y...> wrote:
> --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "Dave Patton [DCP]"
> <dpatton@c...> wrote:
> > >has anyone ever found a stream confluence anywhere that
is
> > >situated at integral degrees of both latitude & longitude
> > >
> > >by any standard datum
> >
> > I presume you are asking because then there would be a
> > "confluence at the confluence"?
>
> well yes i am asking that & perhaps more
> since i am actually hoping not just for 1 such stream
confluence
> at a degree confluence
> but for an ensemble or gathering or collection of such
> confluences squared
> & thus a confluence to the third power or degree as well
> & a fully multidimensional actualization to complement the
newly
> conceived clave map stamp collection
> that aspires to be a cute little bunch of cute little things on cute
> little things
>
> > I don't recall any such visit, but I'll ask the other
> > regional coordinators if they remember anything like that.
> >
> > The only thing that came to my mind is the 44N 110W visit:
> > http://www.confluence.org/confluence.php?lat=44&lon=-110
> > where on the way to the confluence the visitors went through
> > Two Ocean Pass:
> > Just over the top we crossed Trail Creek and followed it north
> > about 4 more miles to Two Ocean Pass, which officially
marks
> the
> > Continental Divide. Here we detoured off the main trail about
a
> > quarter mile to see Parting of the Waters Natural Landmark.
> > Two Ocean Creek appears no different from the hundreds of
> other
> > streams flowing down out of the mountains here, yet
somehow
> it
> > happens to naturally split into two streams heading off in
> opposite
> > directions. Water flowing down Atlantic Creek goes east
along
> a
> > 3,488 mile path through the Platte, Missouri and Mississippi
> rivers,
> > into the Gulf of Mexico and finally to the Atlantic Ocean.
> > Pacific Creek likewise heads west ending up in its
namesake
> > 1,353 miles away.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Dave Patton
> > Canadian Coordinator, Degree Confluence Project
> > http://www.confluence.org/
> > My website: http://members.shaw.ca/davepatton/
>
> thanx for this rare & fascinating example
> http://topozone.com/map.asp?lat=44.04111&lon=-110.16667
> not really of a confluence at a confluence
> but of what might be called a diffluence near a confluence
>
> & i dont think i have heard of more than a very few such
partings
> of the waters in the entire world
> so they might be well worth collecting in their own right
>
> & tho not what i was looking for
> certainly are mighty fine & special
>
>
>
> & just to change the topic again
> which seems to be the order of the day anyway
> while maintaining the focus on multiple & mighty fine & special
> i have been seeking & collecting electromagnetic vortices lately
>
> & have rounded up the famous & obvious 4 or 7 sedona
anodes
> which however on closer examination now appear to be both
> anodal & cathodal
> oops
oops again
corrected url here below
http://www.lovesedona.com/01.htm
that must have seemed even stranger than necessary
> plus the great oregonian wonder
> albeit of unknown polarity
> http://www.oregonvortex.com
> & the only other possibly credible examples i have even heard
of
> were said to be on 3 of the hawaiian islands
>
> but can anyone add to this collection
> preferably with an example outside the usa
>
> or explain why all the known ones are in the usa